{"id":399,"date":"2021-08-23T10:46:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T10:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernshop.liquid-themes.com\/elementor\/?page_id=399"},"modified":"2025-06-28T12:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T09:38:39","slug":"despre-gjf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/garana-jazz.ro\/en\/despre-gjf\/","title":{"rendered":"About GJF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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G\u0102R\u00c2NA JAZZ FESTIVAL \u2013 A COLONY OF ARTISTS SINCE 1997<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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It all started in 1997 within an improvised jazz session among close friends in a small Transylvanian village up in the Semenic Mountains. The initiative went on in the following year and in the following 27 years, emerging into what the critics now call one of the most prestigious open-air jazz festival in Eastern and Central Europe.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the summer of 1997, a few friends were planning a jazz jam session at the La R\u0103scruce Inn in the village of G\u0103r\u00e2na, in the province of Banat. As the cymbals, trumpets and saxophones seemed to flow well amidst nature and goulash pots in the Semenic mountains, the move became a festival and was repeated the following year, the year after and 27 years on. <\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Among jazz lovers, both Romanian and foreign, G\u0103r\u00e2na became known as \"contemporary Woodstock\". It's a long, winding road to the village, and anyone who has ever set foot in G\u0103r\u00e2na knows that the weather is fickle. There have been years when tents have floated on the water and years when music has listened from under umbrellas.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The festival was held in the courtyard of the La R\u0103scruce inn. In 2003 the first big artist took the stage - the German musician Eberhard Weber - he introduced G\u0103r\u00e2na Jazz Festival to the international festival circuit.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In 2004, the festival moved to Poiana Lupului, where it is still held today, and began to bring in artists from abroad in huge numbers. In 2007 we had 13 jazz bands, six of them international, from America, France, Russia, Poland: Eldad Tarmu Jazz Ensemble, Scott Henderson, Nguy\u00ean L\u00ea, Viktoria Tolstoy, Maciej Sika\u0142a Trio and Jan Garbarek Group.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The festival has grown to include another stage (Catholic Church V\u0103liug), and in 2015 the stage in the courtyard of La R\u0103scruce Inn reappeared. It's a mix of American, Western, Eastern and Northern jazz. Now, the balance is tipping towards Nordic jazz, because in recent years we've realised that it's best suited to the surroundings of G\u0103r\u00e2na.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Hundreds of artists have come to G\u0103r\u00e2na over the last 27 years and have been heard by around 130,000 people. Among them is Eberhard Weber, \nTomasz Sta\u0144ko, Liv Warfield, Mike Stern, Jan Garbarek, Charles Lloyd, Snarky Puppy, Jean-Luc Ponty, John Abercrombie, Miroslav Vitous, Zakir Hussain, Nils Petter Molvaer and many others.\n<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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G\u0103r\u00e2na Jazz Festival exists as an association under private law since March 23, 2004. The main mission of the festival is the promotion of jazz and its artists through a high-quality event open to all audiences. <\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The first edition was born from a jam session between friends in the courtyard of La R\u0103scruce inn, in 1997. The founders of G\u0103r\u00e2na Jazz Festival are Gigi T\u0103u\u0219 (the owner of the inn), Liviu Butoi, Paul Weiner and Puba Hromatka. We, the current organizers, were only spectators at the birth of the Festival, which first took place on August 8-9.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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G\u0103r\u00e2na Jazz Festival stands as a testimony to the dynamism of a team committed to the continuing existence of this event thanks to the participation of an organising committee and supported by a team of volunteers. Whether they are passionate about music or simply motivated to participate, all these loyal and enthusiastic people continue to work for the life of this festival which is deeply rooted in the village of G\u0103r\u00e2na as well as in jazz music in a broader sense.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Marius Giura (festival director)
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Daniel Fota (vendors and administration Main Stage)
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The Jazz Banat Cultural Foundation is a non profit cultural Foundation founded in 2004 with the aim to help support the G\u0103r\u00e2na Jazz Festival and promote jazz and other musical genres in the Banat region. The Foundation takes care of fundraising and is therefore essential to the survival of the Festival. \n

\nThe Foundation\u2019s committee members are Marius Giura, Gabi Giura, \u0218tefan Giura, Cristina Giura and Simona Giura.\n<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JAZZ-UL S-A AUZIT PENTRU PRIMA DAT\u0102 LA G\u0102R\u00c2NA \u00ceN 1997 \u00eentr-un jam session improvizat de prieteni \u00een Hanul La R\u0103scruce. Povestea a continuat \u00een urm\u0103torul an \u0219i \u00een urm\u0103torii 27 de ani, transform\u00e2nd un sat din Mun\u021bii Semenic \u00een loca\u021bia celui mai important festival de open air jazz din Europa Central\u0103 \u0219i de Est. ISTORIC […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-399","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/garana-jazz.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/garana-jazz.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/garana-jazz.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garana-jazz.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/garana-jazz.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/garana-jazz.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10547,"href":"https:\/\/garana-jazz.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions\/10547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/garana-jazz.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}